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Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds
LiveScience ^ | 13 July 2009 | LiveScience

Posted on 07/13/2009 11:45:09 AM PDT by dan_s

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To: dan_s
If you've ever had a cat you already know this. I do have one cat that hardly ever meows, however she will come into my room and quietly sit and stare at me until I figure out what she wants. It is usually one of two things: Too be petted while she eats or to be let out for her romp, which she gets to do every day, except she will absolutely not go out when it is raining hard, light rain, yes. Sometimes there are other things she wants but she very, very seldom meows and when she does, it is barely audible.

My other cat can make a long drawn out meow that seems to last for about 2 minutes in order to get my attention.

61 posted on 07/13/2009 10:32:42 PM PDT by calex59
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To: Slings and Arrows

Okay, I admit that my Rocket has me wrapped around his dew claw, but the other three don’t boss me. Hubby, however, is putty in the paws of little Shadow, our latest addition.

Cats definitely are not stupid, and they communicate very well.


62 posted on 07/14/2009 4:38:47 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: rjp2005
"I exercise control by refusing to buy or own a feline."

So... You admit that if you had a cat, it would definitely be in charge.

63 posted on 07/14/2009 4:42:18 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: ApplegateRanch

Our Bobbie has a very tiny, very odd voice. When she speaks (rarely), she sounds as if there’s a kitten in a closet somewhere. For a long time, we thought that she was mute, and when she spoke, we couldn’t figure out where the noise was. She was very much Miss Hissy Slashy, so we figured that someone was really mean to her before she came to us.

She is making great strides, and we hope to eventually make a lap cat out of her.


64 posted on 07/14/2009 5:12:07 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Slings and Arrows

LOL! This is so true....I am a slave.


65 posted on 07/14/2009 6:39:26 AM PDT by Fawn (Rush Limbaugh---> America's pinata)
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To: TheOldLady
guffaw
66 posted on 07/14/2009 7:41:15 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne ("Drill now drill hard drill often and give old Gaia a cigarette afterwards she deserves it." HerrBlu)
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To: piperpilot
LOL! I have one who insists on the same thing. But she'll just hop over me so I'm facing her. If I have a hard time getting to sleep and toss and turn 100x she'll hop over me 100x. But gosh darn it I'll be facing here when I finally get to sleep ...
67 posted on 07/14/2009 4:10:21 PM PDT by LiberConservative (***I think liberals are mentally ill and I vote!***)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Told you to say that, did they?


68 posted on 07/14/2009 4:17:59 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Prrrrrrreeeooowwwrrtttt!

The only one of the four that uses that tone with me is Mister Fang Feral.

Never does him any good, but he keeps trying.

I would like to know where the missing time disappears to, though.

69 posted on 07/14/2009 4:53:59 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: iceskater; AZ .44 MAG

Ditto


70 posted on 07/14/2009 8:11:16 PM PDT by MrsLilac (Don't let your mind wander. It's too small to be let out on it's own.)
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To: dan_s

I could have told them that for free! Or 3.5 Million your choice.

Anyway, I know who’s boss, I just jump when they meow. Really, I do! The Boy kitty bats the heck out of my legs and literally herds me towards the dish and spanks if I go off track.

Meow.


71 posted on 07/14/2009 8:13:09 PM PDT by Danae (Conservative does not equal Republican. Conservative does not compromise.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

LOL’in


72 posted on 07/14/2009 8:13:57 PM PDT by Danae (Conservative does not equal Republican. Conservative does not compromise.)
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To: LiberConservative

That’s funny that your cat does the same thing. I wonder why that is. And with my cat, God forbid I should bring out the suitcase for a business trip. She knows what the suitcase means and she park herself in the open suitcase in an attempt to prevent me from packing. They are strange, strange creatures, but for a cat, she is pretty loving toward me. I think somewhere in her kitty brain she realizes that I saved her life—I found her in the woods in Southern Virginia back in 2002. She was just over a year old (we think) and only weighed 5 pounds. She was living outside a cabin owned by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club and according to the cabin overseer had been there living off what creatures she could catch and the charity of hikers who rented the cabin. Now she is a most pampered princess.


73 posted on 07/15/2009 4:31:51 AM PDT by piperpilot
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